KARACHI, Jan 5: Fawad Alam hit another fighting unbeaten 71 and Afsar Nawaz cracked 83 to salvage Pakistan Customs for an honourable draw in a four-day Patrons Cricket Trophy Grade-I match against Habib Bank Limited at UBL Sports Complex on Thursday.
Fawad, who made 94 runs in the first innings, cracked seven boundaries in his second half century of the match and added 109 runs for the fourth wicket partnership with Afsar. Afsar banged 10 boundries and a six in his brilliant knock.
Fawad and Rashid Ali also put on 50 runs for the unbroken sixth wicket after Customs were forced to follow-on being dismissed for 283 in their first innings in reply to HBL’s first innings total of 506.
HBL despite the draw, advanced for the four team final stage of the tournament. Customs finished at the bottom of the points table.
Scoreboard
HBL (Ist innings) 506
Pakistan Customs (Ist innings) 283
Pakistan Customs (2nd innings) (overnight 49-1)
Kashif Siddique c Humayun b Shahid Nazir 42
Hasnain Abbas lbw Fahad 0
Azhar Shafique lbw b Fahad 45
Afsar Nawaz c Humayun b Imran 82
Fawad Alam not out 71
Ali Niazi lbw b Afridi 8
Rashid Ali not out 23
Extras (for 5 wicket in 91 overs) 292
Fall of wkts: 1-6, 2-97, 3-117, 4-226, 5-242
Bowling: Shahid Nazir 13-4-39-1 (3nb), Fahad Masood 11-3-27-2 (1nb), Irfan Fazil 9-1-46-0 (2nb), Younus Khan 3-1-6-0, Shahid Afridi 15-3-47-1, Abdur Rehman 26-5-89-0, Taufeeq Umar 5-1-8-0, Imran Farhat 9-2-21-1.—Agencies
